BIOGRAPHY
Andy Assaley enters his fifth season at South Carolina as the director of basketball operations. Assaley served in the same capacity at Kansas State under Frank Martin from 2008-2012.

"Andy brings an incredible combination of coaching and administrative background to our staff," Martin said. "He is very helpful in film breakdown and also in creating a great organization of our office's day-to-day business."

Assaley is involved with nearly all facets of the South Carolina program, including team travel, scheduling, on campus recruiting visits, oversight of manager staff, equipment, as well as assisting with the annual Legends Weekend and Tip-Off Club. Assaley also assists with film breakdown and scouting.

Assaley is also instrumental for the Gamecock staff in working with the academic advisor group at the Dodie Academic Enrichment Center. Carolina has excelled in the classroom, posting its fifth-consecutive semester of a team GPA of a 3.0 or above during the spring of 2015, with the squad earning the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, three earning NABC Honors Court accolades, and 12 team members named to the SEC Winter Academic and the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Rolls.

The Gamecocks once again set marks in the classroom during the 2015-16 campaign, as the spring semester saw Carolina post a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher for the fifth time in the last six semesters, and 10 student-athletes were named to the SEC Winter Academic and the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Rolls.

The Gamecocks have had success during Assaley's time on staff. After the 2014-15 Carolina squad posted its first winning record since the 2009-10 campaign, the 2015-16 Gamecocks put together one of the top seasons in their history, matching a school record for wins with a 25-9 overall record on the year, while the Gamecocks reached double-digit SEC wins for just the fourth time since joining the league, posting an 11-7 mark in conference contests, marking the Gamecocks' best finish in the league since the SEC combined its East and West Divisions in 2012.

Assaley played a key support role in helping to build the Kansas State program during his six seasons on staff with the Wildcats. The program posted at least 20 wins each season and advanced to the postseason every year, including four trips to the NCAA Tournament.

The Wildcats advanced to the Postseason NIT in 2007, Assaley's first season on staff where he served as video coordinator, posting an overall record of 23-12, the first of six-consecutive 20-win campaigns by K-State. Assaley was named the director of operations shortly following the conclusion of the season.

Assaley played a role in the Wildcats posting their first NCAA Tournament victory since 1988 after posting a 21-12 overall record, including a third-place finish in the Big 12 with a 10-6 mark during the 2007-08 season. The finish in league play was the highest for the Wildcats since the inception of the league.

The 2008-09 squad posted 22 wins and earned an at-large bid to the Postseason NIT, which set the stage for a record-setting season in 2009-10, when the team posted a school-record 29 wins, en route to the program's first NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance in over two decades. The Wildcats defeated six ranked opponents that season, and concluded the year ranked in the Top 10 in both the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll (No. 7) and the Associated Press Top 25 Poll (No. 7).

Kansas State followed with two more 20-win seasons, compiling a 23-11 mark in 2010-11 and a 22-11 record during the 2011-12 season. The squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament third round both years, and finished third and fifth, respectively in the Big 12 during those seasons.

Assaley joined the K-State staff as video coordinator on April 26, 2006, for then-head coach Bob Huggins. Assaley spent the previous five years at Cincinnati in a number of capacities for both Huggins and Andy Kennedy, first serving as a volunteer, before being promoted to video coordinator and assistant to the head coach. During his tenure, the Bearcats posted 119 victories and advanced to the NCAA Tournament four times.

Assaley received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Cincinnati, earning his undergraduate degree in economics in 1996 and his master's in labor and employee relations in 1998. Assaley and his wife, Sarah, are the parents of three daughters, Cali, Isabella and Payton, and a son, Will.